next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
spring day; spring sunlight
only; merely; but; no more than
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning